Miracle: The Boys of '80 (2026)

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Guys, we've got some footage

we wanted to show you.

- Is that Janny in there?

- That's Janny!

'Cause it scored!

Were you guys

"the class" of college hockey?

They didn't take it serious,

they didn't play

with the necessary intensity.

They just sorta took a night off.

I said, right from day one

I'm not going to be your best friend.

I admire your talents and I'm going to

push you because I admire your talents.

A lot of these guys,

being college All-Americans

said they were never pushed like that.

And I wasn't trying

to put greatness into anybody,

I was trying to pull it out.

How did you understand

your dad's fixation on the Soviets?

My mind was made up early.

Our approach to the game

was going to be entirely different.

What makes the Soviets so great?

Tremendous conditioning.

So, with every time you play

the great European teams

you play for a period or two,

you hit the wall and die.

Can't keep up.

So we weren't gonna hit the wall.

I put them in deep water.

Did a lot of things

through our training that was

getting them out of that comfort zone.

So I thought this hockey club

was the best-conditioned hockey club,

outside of the Soviets, in the world.

How safe did you all feel

about making the team?

Were you safe, Phil?

I went through it personally.

I was close to the '60 Olympic team.

Two days before the Olympics,

I get a knock on the door.

The general manager says,

"Go see the coach."

And he says, "Herb, I gotta release you."

I was the last guy cut.

So I came home.

I'm watching this thing on TV.

The Americans got hot.

They won our country's first gold medal.

My father looked over at me.

He says, "Looks like the coach

cut the right guy, didn't he?"

Just

BANG!

I knew that day was coming.

And I just I didn't know

how to have it, it just k*lled me.

I knew we were in trouble when

they introduced the Russian team

and our players were applauding them.

I just said,

"Hey, I gotta shake these boys up."

McClanahan, I know what

buttons to press with this kid.

So I took the tough road.

And he played. He played like hell.

Jimmy was our guy.

I thought he was

the best goalkeeper available.

And, yeah, it hurt Janaszak.

But when you're not getting

a lot of ice time,

you have to show unusual character.

Right down your throat, #3

Bury that g*dd*mn stick

right in your throat.

Eat that g*dd*mn Koho, #3.

He was riled up because

it was Magic.

How long has it been since Herb passed?

The whole thing about this was

it was a team that accomplished

something, not individuals.

This is what I was trying to build,

is a team.

Team USA!

Thanks, guys!

You gave us so much pride.

Thank you! Thank you!